Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2016-08-17T16:22:19Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Allan Macedo de Novaes.pdf: 4096992 bytes, checksum: 32899c0334416704d985aa844e1f6421 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-17T16:22:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Allan Macedo de Novaes.pdf: 4096992 bytes, checksum: 32899c0334416704d985aa844e1f6421 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-17 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo / This thesis seeks to identify and analyze the Adventist thinking about television based on H. Richard Niebuhr’s typology presented in Christ and culture. The research aimed to trace the theological, social and communicational presuppositions behind the Adventist thinking about TV that were inherited from the social history of the denomination. Thus, it was chosen as a corpus of analysis the English-speaking Adventists editorial publications about the relationship between the believer and the television. After a historiagrafic analysis about the Adventism-TV problem and the reading of the Adventist literature about TV a Niebuhrian typology was constructed based in a binomial structure. As research results, it was observed that the responses of the religious movement to Adventism-TV problem are multifaceted and complex, and can be better understood through: (1) the identity marks revealed by the social history of the denomination, which Millerite legacy is very influent and (2) the binary oppositions image-text, demonizationsacralization, autonomy-manipulation, protagonism-assistance and abstinencemoderation. In the analyzed literature, the Adventist thinking between the 1950s until the early 1990s is characterized by strong rejection to the television media, because of the idea of rivalry that is perceived between image and text in a denomination orientated by the text. Furthermore, it is believed that the best option on the interaction with the TV is abstinence because of the belief in the subliminal power and the mind control skill of media. The Adventist thinking was also characterized by the notion that TV is the protagonist of Christian spirituality, being responsible for promoting the sanctification or eternal damnation. Adventist literature justifies the use of television only in a religious context and missionary purposes, mainly due to the eschatological vocation and the religious imperative of the proclamation of Jesus' return to Earth. However, the later books of the corpus, published between 1990 and 2000, represent a shift in the understanding of how should be the believer's interaction with the TV. Despite the prevalence of text on the image endures and the predominance of idea of emergency, other perspectives are privileged, among them the sacredness of the TV, which can now also be used in “secular” context and not exclusively for evangelistic purposes, and moderation as a practical solution to the problem Adventism-TV / A presente tese consiste em identificar e analisar o pensamento adventista sobre a televisão com base na tipologia de H. Richard Niebuhr no clássico Cristo e cultura. A pesquisa objetivou traçar as pressuposições teológicas, sociais e comunicacionais por trás do pensamento adventista acerca da TV e que foram herdadas da história social da denominação. Para tanto, foi escolhido como corpus de análise publicações editoriais adventistas de língua inglesa que discorriam sobre a relação entre o crente e a televisão. A análise documental das publicações se deu por meio de uma tipologia de matriz niebuhriana construída a partir de binômios. Como resultados da pesquisa, foi possível observar que as respostas do movimento ao problema adventismo-televisão são multifacetadas e complexas, e podem ser mais bem compreendidas através: (1) das marcas identitárias reveladas pela história social da denominação, cujo legado milerita é bastante influente, e (2) das oposições binárias imagem-texto, demonização-sacralização, autonomia-manipulação, protagonismo-coadjuvação e abstinência-moderação. Na literatura analisada, o pensamento adventista entre os anos 1950 até início dos anos 1990 é caracterizado por forte rejeição à mídia televisiva, por conta da ideia de rivalidade que se percebe entre imagem e texto em um movimento de orientação textocentrada. Além disso, acredita-se que a melhor opção diante da interação com a TV é a abstinência, por causa da crença no poder subliminar e de manipulação mental da mídia. O pensamento adventista também se caracterizou pela noção de que a TV é protagonista na vida cristã, sendo responsável por promover a santificação ou a condenação eterna. A literatura adventista justifica o uso da televisão apenas em contexto religioso e para fins evangelísticos, principalmente por conta da vocação escatológica e pelo imperativo religioso da proclamação da volta de Jesus à Terra. Contudo, os últimos livros do corpus, publicados entre os anos 1990 e 2000, representam uma mudança na compreensão adventista da TV. Apesar da prevalência do texto sobre a imagem continuar e do predomínio da ideia de urgência, outras perspectivas são privilegiadas, entre elas, a sacralização da TV, que agora pode ser utilizada também em contextos “seculares” e não exclusivamente para propósitos evangelísticos, o enfraquecimento da noção de TV como obstáculo à santificação, e a moderação como solução prática para o problema adventismo-televisão

The following thesis investigates the British punk movement of the mid-late seventies and suggests that, by performing acts of imaginative re-identification, we may gain greater insights into both the phenomenon of punk and aspects of Jesus’ life, ministry, and teaching despite their axiomatic and sometimes problematic differences. To do this we explore the power of the sartorial creations that the movement adopted and the way in which they conveyed an oppositional protest message and stance. We explore punk graphics and the way in which they could offer a targeted critique of the nation. We look at punk performances and how they confrontationally engaged with their audiences and what they wanted to elicit in return. We reflect on women in punk, punk in Northern Ireland and the relationship between punk and the black community and the degree to which punk exhibited a counter-cultural attitude to relationships. Concluding our look at punk we investigate how society, the authorities and commerce reacted to the movement, before investigating punk as a trans-historical essence. Having explored punk and established imaginative connections we then revisit aspects of Jesus’ life and consider him as a subversive who negated some of the national symbols of Israel, collided with Jewish national authority and reversed many of the nation’s perspectives. We look at the more confrontational nature of Jesus, his use of symbolic physical statements and his interaction with women, teaching on enemies and the way he related to the outcast. We then conclude by showing the degree to which the present-day church has been absorbed into the surrounding culture and explore two instances in post-war theology where there has been a recovery of the more seditious pattern within Jesus’ life before seeing whether there is anything that the church may learn from imaginatively identifying with punk.

Summary in German and English / Die vorliegende Arbeit widmet sich der Frage nach der Korrelation von Kirche und Welt am Beispiel der Evangelisch-Freikirchlichen Gemeinden in Deutschland. Dabei wird in dieser Arbeit intradisziplinär vorgegangen, indem methodisch sowohl biblisch-theologisch als auch sozialwissenschaftlich geforscht wird. Diese intradisziplinäre Vorgehensweise kommt in der vorliegenden komparativen Studie durch zwei Schritte zur Geltung. Im ersten Schritt wird im Rahmen einer biblisch-theologischen Reflexion eine Matrix zur Beurteilung der Korrelation von (Frei-)Kirche und Welt erarbeitet. Diese biblischtheologisch gewonnene Matrix bildet die Grundlage zur Entwicklung einer qualitativen Umfrage. Im zweiten Schritt werden im Rahmen einer empirischen Untersuchung Experten aus dem Kontext der Evangelisch-Freikirchlichen Gemeinden interviewt. Die Daten der Interviews werden mit einer in der Sozialwissenschaft gebräuchlichen Methode analysiert, ausgewertet und zu einer Theorie verdichtet. Abschließend werden die Ergebnisse der empirischen Untersuchung mit den Ergebnissen der biblisch-theologischen Reflexion verglichen und ausgewertet. Ziel der Doktorarbeit (Thesis) ist es, einen sowohl biblisch-theologisch wie auch empirisch begründeten Beitrag zu der Frage zu leisten, wie (Frei-)Kirche ihren Licht- und Salzauftrag in der Beziehung zur Welt tiefgreifender verstehen und wirkungsvoller umsetzen kann / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D. Th. (Missiology)